S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9030
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to refunds of
the vehicle registration fees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 428 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by section 76-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
1998, is amended to read as follows:
1-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this
section, if a registration is issued for a period of not less than two
years pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision five of section four
hundred one of this [chapter] TITLE, the registration fee paid for the
period commencing after the [first twelve month period of such registra-
tion shall be refunded less the sum of one dollar provided the number
plates are surrendered to the commissioner before the end of the first
twelve month period of such registration and application therefor is
filed with the commissioner within two months from the expiration of the
first twelve month period of such registration] NUMBER PLATES ARE
SURRENDERED TO THE COMMISSIONER OR, IN THE CASE OF A STOLEN VEHICLE,
UPON SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THERE
SHALL BE REFUNDED TO THE OWNER A SUM EQUAL TO AS MANY TWENTY-FOURTHS OF
THE FEE PAID FOR THE REGISTRATION OF THE VEHICLE AS THERE ARE FULL
CALENDAR MONTHS IN THE REGISTRATION PERIOD FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE
RECEIPT OF THE NUMBER PLATES OR PLATE OR THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A REFUND IF NO PLATES ARE AVAILABLE, LESS THE SUM OF ONE DOLLAR.
S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 428 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by chapter 262 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Where a refund of any part of a registration fee is made pursuant
to [the foregoing provisions] SUBDIVISION ONE, ONE-A, ONE-B OR TWO of
this section, the registration shall thereupon be automatically
cancelled.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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